diegesis
[ dahy-uh-jee-sis ]
/ ˌdaɪ əˈdʒi sɪs /
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noun, plural di·e·ge·ses [dahy-uh-jee-seez] /ˌdaɪ əˈdʒi siz/. (in literature, film, etc.)
the telling of a story by a narrator who summarizes events in the plot and comments on the conversations, thoughts, etc., of the characters.
the sphere or world in which these narrated events and other elements occur.
Nearby words
dieb. tert., dieback, diecious, diefenbaker, dieffenbachia, diegesis, diel, dieldrin, dielectric, dielectric constant, dielectric heating
Compare mimesis(def 2).
Origin of diegesis
1800–10; < Greek diēgēsis ‘a narrative’, derivative of diēgeisthai ‘to describe, narrate’ < dia- dia- + hēgeîsthai ‘to guide’
Related forms
di·e·get·ic [dahy-uh-jet-ik] /ˌdaɪ əˈdʒɛt ɪk/, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for diegesis
A surgeon has bought the 'Diegesis', and tendered me half a sovereign to give him a private lecture to-morrow evening.
The Battle of The Press|Theophila Carlile Campbell